Walpole · Suburb / Locality

Language in Walpole

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

English is the dominant language in Walpole, where only 4% of people use another language at home. This is far below the 22.3% national figure, making it one of the more linguistically uniform areas in the region.

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📍 Walpole, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

While 90.7% of residents speak only English, no one in the area speaks little or no English. This is well below the national figure of 3.4%, with Italian being the only other language recorded at 0.9%.

4.0% ▲ +179.9%

Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 1.4%
  • 2016: 3.2%
  • 2021: 4.0%

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.7%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of people who use another language at home and speak English not well or not at all. No 2011 figure — that census only asked proficiency of overseas-born residents.

Language used at home

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In Walpole, English only is the majority at 99%; Italian is next at 1%.

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Walpole [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51510/walpole/topic/language